Jean Robert (June 25, 1908,

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- February 28, 1981,

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) was a Belgian

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saxophonist. Robert started out on piano before switching to tenor saxophone, and played early in his career with Peter Packay, Gus Deloof, Chas Remue, and Albert Sykes. By 1933 he was leading his own band at a Brussels club called the Atlanta, and also worked with Freddie Beerman and Robert De Kers around the same time. Later in the decade he played in the Netherlands with

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and

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, and during

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worked in

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's band and with

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. After the war, he played with Omer into the 1960s. He spent the latter years of his life in Hilversum, in the Netherlands, having retired from active performance; however, he continued to do arrangement and composition work.

References

* Robert Pernet, "Jean Robert". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert, Jean Belgian jazz saxophonists Belgian composers Belgian male composers Musicians from Brussels 1908 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Belgian saxophonists 20th-century Belgian male musicians